The Dark Mark Show

It is tasseographer, journalist and historian Rissa Miller's birthday this week so we present this classic Dark Mark Show from 2022 where Mark and Nicole first talked to her and she became one of their favorite people and guests. Rissa grew up in York, Pennsylvania and was fascinated by the vintage architecture and the ghosts within, after studying screenwriting at NYU then photojournalism at West...

Beth Lapides as a new home for her legendary alternative comedy show Uncabaret and Savannah Pope has released a new single Melancholic Goddess so in that spirit here is a classic Dark Mark Show featuring them both from 2019 It was a fun sized show this week as Mark and Hannah welcomed the queen of Alternative Comedy Beth Lapides and powerhouse singer/songwriter Savannah Pope to the lighter side of...

Melrose Larry Green, Sin Fisted and Nik Sin joined Mark and Josi for a wild classic Dark Mark Show from 2014 Melrose talked about being an accountant to such stars as Andrew Dice Clay and a Hollywood tour guide. He said he finds it a huge compliment when Howard Stern plays "cookoo" sounds when he talks, inferred that Mark was gay a few times, talked about his experience with the fetish and S&M...

In this Dark Mark Show classic from 2020 Legendary comedian Tom Dreesen joined Mark and Hannah as he talked about his extraordinary life and 51 year comedy career. Tom grew up poor on the southside of Chicago and became part of the first (and last) interracial comedy team Tim and Tom with Tim Reid of WKRP and Sister Sister fame. He talks about then going solo, meeting and befriending David Letterm...

It is  co-host Hannah's birthday this week and Dark Mark threw her quite a birthday party in 2021 including some of her BFF's and favorite past guests such as stand-up comedians Jamie Gendron and Nikki Wantz, pinup model and fashion designer Tamera Von Tart, her Vegans Uncensored podcast co-host Mary Zaint, her then boyfriend the lead singer of Motorbone Josh Tripp, magic by Michael Vile, a psychi...

Academy Award nominee and star of the new HBO show True Detective Night Country John Hawkes and horror movie icon Rodney Eastman joined Mark and Hannah for some spirited conversation and music in this classic Dark Mark Show from 2019. John is someone who has been in so many big movies, but says he can walk the street and go unnoticed much of the time. He describes how he was able to stay awake whi...

Master Arcane and Kat Byslka joined Mark for a wild conversation about BDSM and all things S & M Master Arcane talked about his journey which started at age 5 as the only boy in the neighborhood, continued through being a teenager playing with an older woman, to the Amsterdam fetish scene in the 90s to now teaching people the ropes (no pun intended) with his online school The Crow Academy. He...

In this classic Dark Mark Show from 2018 Mark and Nicole welcomed dating coach Marni the Wing Girl and the most interesting person in the world Sin Twisted to the lighter side of the dark side. Marni's journey to being a dating coach started at a singles mixer where she helped men approach women, which led to her being approached by pickup artist Ross Jeffries, which has led to her making appearan...

Enjoy this Dark Mark Show classic from 2015 That Chris Gore, Tessah LaCoyle and former cohost Josi Kat joined Mark and Nicole for the 2nd Anniversary Special Dark Mark Show. Chris talked about his proposed Fan Fiction panel at Wondercon being misunderstood and attacked by a Twitter mob, that he does not own as many action figures as you might think, how he turned down replacing Roger Ebert on tele...

In a Christmas classic from 2019 Mark welcomes Ela Darling, the Marketing Director of ViRo Club and Adult Film performer and Santa Claus who took time out of his busy schedule to stop by. Ela talked about how adult film stars tend to be deceptively smart, and how she got her Masters Degree in 2 years and became a librarian, who turn out to be freedom fighters. Mark complimented her acting while bo...

After 10 years of outrageously hilarious shows The Dark Mark Show comes to an end with a bang as Mark and Nicole threw a holiday special like you've never seen before with contortionist/burlesque dancer/cosplayer Sin Twisted and Santa Claus. Sin talked about how Andy Dick once tried to bum rush her while she was onstage inside an R2D2 shell, talked about her experience with swingers' clubs and how...

Mark and Nicole brought back 2 of their favorite guests Pro Dom, Life Coach and Sex and Relationship Guru Orpheus Black and comedian/actress Vanja Renee for a wild supersized show. Orpheus described himself as a “big nerd” but has been helping men, women and couples get in touch with their kinky side for a long time now and talks about his current poly relationship with 4 women, finding kinky wome...

Dakota the Bearded Lady returned to The Dark Mark Show (as did former cohost Hannah) to talk about her move to Las Vegas, some scary and dangerous stunts she and her fellow performers have pulled off lately, how she deals with jerks who think her beard is fake and to talk about how her mother lost her house in the hurricane and the upcoming benefit she is producing with Mark. As a bonus, stay tune...

Writer/Director/Cinematographer Colin Bressler joined Mark and Nicole for a lively discussion which tickled the film nerd in Mark. Colin has been a cinematographer for years and finally defines what that is and gives examples of good and bad cinematography. He has worked on projects as diverse as the PBS science series Nova as well as My 600 pound life and describes the disparate challenges of bot...

Mark and Nicole welcomed Nancy Narayana and Krista Kira to the lighter side of the dark side. They both perform at parties and definitely brought the party to the studio as they talked cosplaying, DJing, tarot card reading, The Doo Dah parade, Sybil Dannings potty mouth and so much more! Nancy also gave Mark a sexy belly dance for his birthday. Get some Dark Mark Show gear Go to www.teepublic.com/...

Dark Mark had a birthday party with a guest list of some of his best friends: Co-host Nicole Sixx, Former co-host Hannah Bakk, singer Jacqueline Van Bierk, and comedians Jamie Gendron and Mike Muratore The party raged on for almost 2 hours with Mark getting increasingly drunk on absinthe. Luckily he did not drunkenly fall out of his chair until just after the taping stopped. A great time was had b...

Tasseographer and historian Rissa Miller returned to regale Mark and Nicole with tales about the hidden history of Halloween Rissa talked about how the spooky season really started with the oft-mispronounced Samhain and how it was actually turnips at that time that were being carved and how children were given soul cakes instead of candy. She shared the story of "Stingy Jack" and how he outsmarted...

Fangsmith, Club Empresario and Vampire Father Sebastiaan returned to The Dark Mark Show just in time for the Halloween Season Sebastiaan recounted how he grew up in Red Bank, NJ and was exposed to the New York club scene through a fax machine at the Wild Pair shoe store he worked at as a teenager. He recounts how his high school girlfriend inspired him to make fangs which led him to make his own m...

Child actor turned adult scream queen and stand up comedian Anastasia Washington joined Mark and Nicole to kick off the Halloween season with a bang. Anastasia began her show business career at 3 years old inadvertently stealing the spotlight from Shamu at Sea World, this led her parents to get her an agent leading to roles in Die Hard 2 (where she proceeded to vomit on Bruce Willis) and both Adda...

Psychic/Medium/Akashi Reader Raven Willow joined Mark and Nicole for a wild show which included Raven picking up energy and giving Mark a reading. Raven saw ghosts at an early age, including a scary night playing with a K-Mart Ouija board, she has always been in tune with things we can't comprehend and even went to India to study and get accredited as an Akashic Reader which entails access to libr...

Mark went to the premiere of Actor/Director Harley Wallen’s new vampire movie “Beneath Us All” last week and here is where he first met Harley, his lovely wife and collaborator Kaiti and actress Vida Ghaffari 4 years ago discussing his film Eternal Code Mark and Hannah return and try to crack the Eternal Code with writer/director/actor Harley Wallen and actresses Kaiti Wallen and Vida Ghaffari Har...

Novelist Blake Rudman joined Mark and Nicole to talk about his 4 novels that have come out in 2023, his high roller corporate past and the many books he has to come. Blake grew up in Dallas but went to UNLV where he would come under the mentorship of Steve Wynn which led him on a fast track in his 20s to success in Las Vegas casinos and also in restaurants as he was responsible for the expansion o...

Singer/Songwriter Philip Cole joined Mark and Nicole for quote a rocking show this week. Philip discussed his time in Desert Storm where he was responsible for checking parachutes, which apparently is a job that is a lot less detailed these days. He always had a passion for guitar, inspired by bands such as Triumph, Van Halen, Whitesnake and other hard rockers and after a hiatus, has been rocking...

Fitness coach Derek Newborn joined Mark and Nicole for a lively and educational show about his extraordinary life and career and his metabolism rev up program. Derek, who looks like a bald Bradley Cooper on steroids, grew up as many men did raised by a single mother who was forced to be both mother and father to him. She was busy and had gained weight over the years while he took a different path...

A classic Dark Mark show from 2019 Erika Ervin aka Amazon Eve from American Horror Story and Grammy viral sensation Joy Villa joined Mark and Hannah for an epic show Amazon Eve talked about how she was called back to perform the role of “The Fist” on AHS Apocalypse, being star struck meeting Joan Collins and reconnecting with Kathy Bates, overcoming her fears of zombies in her new movie Dead Squad...